2025–26 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

2025–26 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
2025–26 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
WNIT
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	19–12 (10–8 WCC)
Head coach	Katie Faulkner (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Erika Bean; Brian Porth; Kamran Sufi; Makena Mastora;
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse

2025–26 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Loyola Marymount	15	–	3	.833	21	–	10	.677
Gonzaga †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Santa Clara	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Oregon State	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Portland	11	–	7	.611	20	–	14	.588
Pepperdine	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
San Francisco	9	–	9	.500	19	–	15	.559
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	11	–	19	.367
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	25	.265
Saint Mary's	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
San Diego	4	–	14	.222	11	–	22	.333
Seattle	1	–	17	.056	5	–	25	.167

† 2026 WCC tournament winner As of March 20, 2026

The 2025–26 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team represents Pepperdine University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Waves, led by second-year head coach Katie Faulkner, play their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Waves finished the 2024–25 season 8–22, 3–17 in WCC play, to finish in tenth place.^[1] They were defeated by San Diego in the first round of the WCC tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On October 23, 2025, the West Coast Conference released their preseason poll. Pepperdine was picked to finish tenth in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

WCC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Oregon State	119 (9)
2	Gonzaga	111 (3)
3	Washington State	94
4	Portland	91
5	Santa Clara	84
6	San Francisco	70
7	Saint Mary's	55
8	Pacific	52
9	Loyola Marymount	38
10	Pepperdine	36
11	San Diego	31
12	Seattle	11
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-WCC Team

No players were named to the Preseason All-WCC Team.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ivory Finley	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Utah State	Minneapolis, Minnesota
G	1	Taija Sta. Maria	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Fresno State	Toronto, Ontario
G	2	Elli Guiney	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	UNLV	Goodyear, Arizona
G	3	Bella Green	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	West Florida	Perth, Australia
G	10	Ilinca Belegante	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	ACS Sepsi SIC	Bucharest, Romania
G	11	Quinn VanSickle	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Valor Christian High School	Castle Rock, Colorado
F	12	Shorna Preston	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Dodge City Community College	Gold Coast, Australia
G	13	Meghan Fiso	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	San Diego State	Seattle, Washington
G	22	Lina Falk	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Sacramento State	Wolfenbüttel, Germany
G	30	Seleh Harmon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Norman North High School	Norman, Oklahoma
F	31	Irune Orio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Xavier	Balmaseda, Spain
F	44	Zoe Shanahan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Rowville Secondary College	Melbourne, Australia

Head coach

Katie Faulkner (Montana)

Assistant coach(es)

Erika Bean (Utah)
Brian Porth (SMU)
Kamran Sufi (Saint Mary's)
Makena Mastora (Pepperdine)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Fullerton	W 84–70	1–0	17 – Finley	8 – Preston	7 – Sta. Maria	Titan Gym (336) Fullerton, CA
November 8, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Westmont	W 74–51	2–0	15 – Guiney	9 – Preston	4 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (301) Malibu, CA
November 14, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Valley	L 56–85	2–1	12 – Harmon	11 – Preston	5 – Sta. Maria	UCCU Center (581) Orem, UT
November 19, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Arizona	W 80–74	3–1	24 – Guiney	8 – Preston	3 – Tied	Rolle Activity Center (244) Flagstaff, AZ
November 23, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		San Jose State	W 76−52	4−1	19 – Guiney	10 – Fiso	3 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (321) Malibu, CA
November 28, 2025* 2:00 pm, B1G+		at No. 18 USC	L 52−82	4−2	12 – Guiney	9 – Green	6 – Guiney	Galen Center (3,866) Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal Baptist	W 69–58	5–2	21 – Preston	13 – Preston	5 – Guiney	Firestone Fieldhouse (251) Malibu, CA
December 6, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fresno State	W 65–45	6–2	16 – Preston	12 – Preston	4 – Preston	Save Mart Center (1,259) Fresno, CA
December 13, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Los Angeles	W 80–72	7–2	20 – Preston	10 – Preston	7 – Guiney	Firestone Fieldhouse (280) Malibu, CA
December 16, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		North Dakota State Malibu Classic	L 80–82 ^OT	7–3	17 – Tied	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (269) Malibu, CA
December 17, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		South Dakota Malibu Classic	W 73–65	8–3	19 – Fiso	8 – Preston	3 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (261) Malibu, CA
December 20, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Northridge	W 69−63	9−3	18 – Falk	16 – Preston	4 – Sta. Maria	Firestone Fieldhouse (280) Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
December 28, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Washington State	L 63–66	9–4 (0–1)	26 – Guiney	11 – Preston	4 – Preston	Beasley Coliseum (997) Pullman, WA
December 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Gonzaga	L 52–75	9–5 (0–2)	16 – Sta. Maria	5 – Preston	2 – Tied	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,980) Spokane, WA
January 2, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Mary's	W 60–52	10–5 (1–2)	14 – Tied	15 – Preston	5 – Guiney	Firestone Fieldhouse (318) Malibu, CA
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		LMU	L 78–83 ^OT	10–6 (1–3)	22 – Guiney	15 – Preston	5 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (377) Malibu, CA
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at San Diego	L 51–54	10–7 (1–4)	16 – Fiso	10 – Preston	5 – Preston	Jenny Craig Pavilion (541) San Diego, CA
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Pacific	W 71-53	11-7 (2-4)	26 – Falk	7 – Guiney	5 – Fiso	Firestone Fieldhouse (288) Malibu, CA
January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Oregon State	L 68-69	11-8 (2-5)	26 – Guiney	10 – Green	5 – Green	Firestone Fieldhouse (558) Malibu, CA
January 22, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	L 51-53	11-9 (2-6)	15 – Harmon	12 – Preston	5 – Sta. Maria	University Credit Union Pavilion (424) Moraga, CA
January 24, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Portland	W 86-68	12-9 (3-6)	25 – Falk	8 – Green	5 – Sta. Maria	Firestone Fieldhouse (388) Malibu, CA
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Seattle	W 90-63	13-9 (4-6)	23 – Guiney	10 – Green	5 – Guiney	Firestone Fieldhouse (301) Malibu, CA
January 31, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Santa Clara	W 74-72	14-9 (5-6)	15 – Tied	10 – Falk	5 – Preston	Leavey Center (1,952) Santa Clara, CA
February 7, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Washington State	W 78-62	15-9 (6-6)	19 – Falk	11 – Preston	6 – Sta. Maria	Firestone Fieldhouse (370) Malibu, CA
February 12, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at LMU	L 62-72	15-10 (6-7)	22 – Guiney	7 – Falk	4 – Sta. Maria	Gersten Pavilion (193) Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at San Francisco	L 70-81	15-11 (6-8)	18 – Fiso	12 – Green	4 – Sta. Maria	Sobrato Center (304) San Francisco, CA
February 19, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		San Diego	W 76-55	16-11 (7-8)	15 – Sta. Maria	7 – Green	6 – Guiney	Firestone Fieldhouse (377) Malibu, CA
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Santa Clara	W 80-63	17-11 (8-8)	20 – Guiney	11 – Preston	11 – Sta. Maria	Firestone Fieldhouse (411) Malibu, CA
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland	W 70-63	18-11 (9-8)	17 – Falk	9 – Preston	6 – Guiney	Chiles Center (608) Portland, OR
February 28, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Seattle	W 81-67	19-11 (10-8)	25 – Falk	10 – Green	5 – Sta. Maria	Redhawk Center (658) Seattle, WA
WCC tournament
March 7, 2026 2:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (7) San Francisco Third Round	L 69-86	19-12	22 – Guiney	8 – Fiso	4 – Guiney	Orleans Arena (1,526) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "Toreros Tame Waves in First Round of WCC Tournament". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oregon State Picked to Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "Pepperdine Waves 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[2] "Toreros Tame Waves in First Round of WCC Tournament". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[poll-3] "Oregon State Picked to Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[4] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[5] "Pepperdine Waves 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

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